2007 Pediatrics Rankings
Posted 8/26/07
| Rank | Hospital | U.S. News Score | Reputation(%) | Tetralogy of Fallot | Brain surgery | Bone marrow transplant | Discharges (all patients) | Nurse staffing | Nurse Magnet hospital | Technology (of 5) | Palliative-care program | FACT accred. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | 100.0 | 45.5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 24,120 | 3.1 | Yes | 2.5 | 0.5 | Yes |
| 2 | Children's Hospital Boston | 96.5 | 42.0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 21,835 | 3.8 | No | 5.0 | 0.0 | Yes |
| 3 | Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore | 54.2 | 21.5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8,296 | 2.6 | Yes | 5.0 | 0.0 | Yes |
| 4 | Children's Hospital, Denver | 50.3 | 16.7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9,840 | 2.7 | Yes | 2.5 | 0.0 | Yes |
| 5 | Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Cleveland | 46.3 | 15.5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8,095 | 2.3 | Yes | 5.0 | 0.0 | Yes |
| 6 | Texas Children's Hospital, Houston | 44.0 | 14.4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 21,230 | 3.0 | Yes | 2.0 | 0.0 | Yes |
| 7 | Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center | 43.1 | 19.7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16,482 | 1.7 | No | 2.5 | 1.0 | Yes |
| 8 | New York-Presbyterian Univ. Hosp. of Columbia and Cornell | 38.7 | 11.7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 12,253 | 3.0 | No | 5.0 | 0.0 | Yes |
| 9 | Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center, Seattle | 34.1 | 12.0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12,381 | 2.2 | No | 1.0 | 0.5 | Yes |
| 10 | Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, Palo Alto, Calif. | 33.1 | 10.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13,358 | 3.1 | No | 5.0 | 0.0 | Yes |
| 11 | Children's National Medical Center, Washington, D.C. | 32.8 | 7.6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13,106 | 2.2 | No | 2.5 | 0.0 | Yes |
| 12 | Columbus Children's Hospital | 31.7 | 5.9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 14,931 | 2.4 | Yes | 2.5 | 0.0 | Yes |
| 13 | Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC | 31.6 | 11.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13,328 | 2.8 | No | 5.0 | 0.0 | Yes |
| 14 | Children's Healthcare of Atlanta | 30.7 | 5.7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 22,436 | 3.0 | No | 3.0 | 0.0 | Yes |
| 15 | St. Louis Children's Hospital | 30.4 | 6.4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 14,682 | 3.4 | Yes | 2.5 | 1.0 | Yes |
| 16 | UCSF Children's Hospital, San Francisco | 29.3 | 6.8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4,963 | 3.8 | No | 5.0 | 0.0 | Yes |
| 17 | Childrens Hospital Los Angeles | 28.8 | 8.3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11,295 | 2.1 | No | 4.0 | 0.0 | Yes |
| 18 | Primary Children's Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah | 27.6 | 2.6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12,138 | 3.5 | No | 3.0 | 0.0 | Yes |
| 19 | Duke University Medical Center, Durham N.C. | 26.0 | 4.2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5,024 | 2.4 | Yes | 5.0 | 0.0 | Yes |
| 20 | St. Jude Children's Research Hospital,Memphis | 24.7 | 8.6 | N.A. | 0 | 2 | 2,574 | 3.8 | No | 2.5 | 0.0 | Yes |
| 21 | Mattel Children's Hospital at UCLA, Los Angeles | 23.0 | 7.6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5,297 | 2.2 | Yes | 5.0 | 0.0 | Yes |
| 22 | Univ. of Mich. C. S. Mott Children's Hosp., Ann Arbor | 22.2 | 2.1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8,360 | 4.7 | No | 5.0 | 0.5 | Yes |
| 23 | Vanderbilt University Medical Center,Nashville | 22.0 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14,871 | 2.0 | Yes | 5.0 | 0.0 | Yes |
| 24 | Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park N.Y. | 21.0 | 1.9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11,769 | 2.7 | No | 5.0 | 0.5 | No |
| 25 | Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago | 20.7 | 7.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9,604 | 4.1 | Yes | 3.0 | 0.0 | Yes |
| 26 | Miami Children's Hospital | 20.5 | 3.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12,594 | 1.9 | Yes | 3.0 | 0.0 | Yes |
| 27 | Children's Hosps. and Clinics of Minnesota, Minneapolis | 19.7 | 0.3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 13,143 | 4.6 | Yes | 3.0 | 1.0 | No |
| 28 | Children's Medical Center Dallas | 18.1 | 2.3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 22,655 | 3.1 | No | 3.0 | 0.0 | No |
| 29 | Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. | 18.1 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3,654 | 3.1 | Yes | 5.0 | 0.0 | Yes |
| 30 | Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee | 16.7 | 1.9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22,221 | 3.4 | Yes | 2.0 | 1.0 | Yes |
N.A.: Provides only cancer care. Note: Apparent ties are due to rounding. Terms are explained on Page 60.
REGIONS Northeast South West Midwest
Mortality (0-2 points each) Tetralogy of Fallot; Brain surgery; Bone marrow transplant
Advanced care (Technology (of 5); Palliative-care program; FACT accred.)
This story appears in the September 3, 2007 print edition of U.S. News & World Report.